Re: FLASH: accessing variables sent via "get" http request

[John Croteau]

Hi Marshall,


> I'm using an application server, that is sending a variable via a "get" http

> request.  The server simply passes the variable as an appendation to the url

> of an html file.  In this file, I have an <embed> calling a flash 4 swf.  Is

> there a way that I can access the variable from the swf file?

> In other words, the user requests a file.  This file contains syntax that

> prompts my application server to send a variable via url appendation to the

> requested html file (on which is my swf).  Can the swf use that variable?

You can use the JavaScript search property to extract the search (GET or

sometimes called query) parameter from the URL. Then use JavaScript to

document.write the OBJECT/EMBED container for Flash including the

variable pairs (extracted from the HTML URL) attached to the SWF's URL.


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